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Discrediting the armed forces and intentionally spreading fake news about the military became a crime in Russia within weeks of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

"That doesn't mean you morally support the Russian cause, or that you support the full-scale invasion," Vance said.

It is estimated that hundreds of thousands, but not "millions", of people have been killed or injured on all sides since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

Knox told me about a home invasion she recently experienced when she and her family were staying at a friend's house.

It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people - the vast majority of them soldiers - have been killed or injured on all sides since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.